Disposal of sewage in the City of Jabalpur [Jubbulpore]
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pp 347-48, plus Appendix A pp 01-07 [found at the end of the 1872 section of the volume]. Public Works Department, Government of India, forwards reports from the Public Works Department, Central Provinces, on the scheme to improve sanitation in Jubbulpore [Appendix A]. Government of India request...
Circular regarding measures against cholera to be taken on-board ships
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pp 233-34. Text of circular issued by the Privy Council, directing that should any passenger on board a ship contract cholera, their berths, clothes and bedding are to be destroyed, and that ships shall not enter port until these actions have been carried out and recorded.
Final report of the Committee on the Improvement of Simla
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pp 19-55. Copy report regarding water supply, conservancy and the constitution of the Municipality, plus minute thereon by the Viceroy and comments by the Government of India.
Improvement of the sanitary state of villages around cantonments
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pp 185-86. Request from Major-General F Roberts, Quarter Master General, that Provincial Sanitary Commissioners acquaint themselves with villages in the neighbourhood of 30 miles of military cantonments, to assess sanitation and the possibility of disease transported by the movement of labour.
Report of the Balrampur [Bulrampur] Medical School for 1875-76
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pp 361-74. Contains details of students, including examination results; details of the syllabus; equipment used; details of the school library collections; and income.
Dr Beauperthey's treatment of leprosy with cashewnut oil
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pp 215-249 Reports on the trials of Dr Beauperthey's cashewnut oil treatment regimen for leprosy, conducted across various medical institutions: the Madras Leper Hospital, Calcutta Leper Asylum, Jail Leper Hosptial Burdwan, Taran Taran Leper Asylum, Bulrampur Hospital, and Rangoon Jail Hospital...
Resolution on vaccination in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
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Resolution of R L Mangles, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, regarding the report by the Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department, on vaccination during the year 1875-76. Discusses the vaccination statistics and operation of the circle establishments throughout Bengal; Lieutenant-Governo...
Reports on the general working of the Lock Hospital system
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pp 147-203. The Surgeon General and Principle Medical Officer, British Forces in India, forwards copy reports on the working of Lock Hospitals in Bengal, Umballa, Lucknow, Delhi, Dalhousie, Cawnpore, Allahabad, Morar, and the Madras Presidency. Plus comments thereon from the Quarter Master Genera...
Statistical tables for smallpox across the three Presidencies, 1853-1877
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pp 557-63. Statistical tables compiled by J Murray, Inspector General of Hospitals, showing admissions and deaths amongst the civil population, native prisoners, native troops and European troops across the three Presidencies for 1853-1877.
Report on the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum for 1877, plus resolution
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pp 453-67. Returns of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum, providing tabulated data on admissions and discharges, number of criminals admitted, religion and sex of patients, occupation, ages, types of insanity, causes of insanity, hospital statistics, expenditure, sanctioned establishment, profit from pa...
